Return-envelop.



. W. T. MORRISON.

RETURN ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1906.

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UNITED STATES ".IQAT'ENT, OFFICE.

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Specification Letters Patent Fatented Aug. 31, 1909.

Application filed November 17, 1906'. Serial No. 343,868.'

T 0 all whom (it may concern:-

Be it known that I, (VILLIAM T. Monnrsoiv, a citizen of the United States, and. resident of the borough of Bronx, in the city and State of Xew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Return-Envelops, ofv

' which the following is a specification.

the envelop through the mail, it being under- I stood that the letter sheet to be used in connection with the envelop has thereon the two addresses above mentioned arranged in such position that the letter sheet can be folded to disclose either the one or the other of the addresses through the transparent portion of the envelop.

A further object is to provide this additional covering which is intended to receive the stamp and postmark for the first passage of the envelop through the mail, with a sealing flap for ecurelysealing theenvelop without utilizing the envelop flap, which envelop flap is used for sealing after the covering with its stamp, [)O.-llil;ll'l{ and sealing flap have been removed.

Practical embodiments of my invention are represented in the accompanying .drawings in which Figure 1 isa front view of one embodiment of my improved return envelop showing the sealing flaps of the covering and envelop-unfolded, Fig. 2 is a back view of the same, showing the envelo flap folded and the covering flap unfoh ed, .Fig. 3 is a front view with the covering detached, Fig. 4 is a front view of the covering, and Fig. 5

- is a transverse section through the return envelop showing the positions which the parts assume when the envelop is sealed ready for its first passage through the. mail, thcenvelop sealing flap being tucked into the envelop and the sealing flap of the covering being secured to the back of the envelop. Fig. (Sis a front view of a modilied form of return envelop with the sealing flap of the covering unfolded, Fig. 7 is a back view of the same. Fig. 8 is a front view of the envelop with the covering detached, Fig. 9 1s a frontview of the covering, and Fig. 10 1s a transverse section through the return envelop showing the positions which the no parts assume w en the envelop is sealed ready forits first passage throughthe mail, the envelop sealing fla being tucked into the envelop and the sea ing flap of the" covering being secured to the back of the. enes .velop. Fig. 11 is a front viewofathird' form of my invention withthesealin flaps ',of the covering and envelop, unfolded Fig.

1?: is a back view with the sealing flap of the envelop folded and the sealing flap of men covering unfolded. Fig. 13 isa. front view pf the envelop with the covering detached. ig. 14 is a view of the covering and Fig. 15 is a transverse section through the return envelop showing the positions which the parts assume when the envelop is sealed ready for its first passage through the mail, the envelop sealing fla 'being tucked-into the envelop and the sea ing fie of the cov ering being secured to the bee of the envelop.

In all of the forms the front of the en velop is denoted by 1, the back by 2-and the sealing flap by 3. The front of the envelop is provided with a transparent through which the name of the sen ee on the letter sheet is exposed-for the first passage or the envelop through the mail by folding -the letter sheetin one manner and the name of the sendee is exposed for the second passage of the envelo) through the mail by folding the letterv sheet in another manner, Three different forms of coverin are illustrated. In the form shown in igs. 1" to?) inclusive, the coverin secured to the front 1 of t e envelop along,

the line 6* just above the transparentpor r tion 4. This covering 5 is rovided with a sealing flap 6 arranged to old over and be attached to the back 2 of th 1 envelo the letter sheet has -been foldedwit iin the envelop and the envelop flap. 3. has been; tucked into the said envelo In the form shown in Figs; 6 to 10 inclu sive, the covering 7 extends across the fronli p t of the envelop above the transparent por-* tion 4 and is detaphably secured .to the side edges of the envelop as shown at 8 and9, by

folding the ends of the covering 7 over onto the back 2 of the envelo) and securing 1 10 them thereto. The sealing lap of the cow ering 7 is denoted by 10.

ortion-r 4 85 5 is .detachably 96 after 'loo- In the form shown in Figs. 11 to 15 inclul which the letter sheet is disclosed for the sive, the covering 11 extends across the enfirst and second passages of the envelop tire front 1 of the envelop and it is provided through the mail, thus obviating the neceswith an opening 12 therein through which sity of writing or printing an address on the the transparent portion 4 of the envelop is envelop for either of the passages through disclosed. In this form the covering 11. is the mail, means at the same time being pro- 4 detachably secured along the bottom edge of vided for removing all traces of the postthe emelop by prot'iding the covering 11 mark and canceled stamp of the first passage with a flap 13 folded over and secured to the of'the envelop through the mail. hack 2 of the envelop. The sealing flap of What I claim is: the covering 11 is denoted by 14. 1. The combination with a return envelop In all of the forms the stamp 15 for use in having a letter sheet address disclosing porsending the returnenvclop for the first time tion in its front, of a covering detachably through the mail is secured to the front of secured to the envelop in such a position that the covering. The letter sheet is folded to it will expose the said address disclosing [disclose through the transparent portion 4 of portion during the first passage of the enthe envelop, the name of the sendee for the velop through the mail.

first passage of the envelop through the mail, 2. The combination with a return envelop the envelop flap 3 is then tucked into the enhaving a letter sheet address disclosing porvclop and the scaling flap of the covering is tion -in its front, of a covering detachably folded over and secured to the back 2 of the secured to the envelop in such a position that envelop. For using theenvelop for the secit will expose the said address disclosing ond time the covering is detached from the portion during the first passage of the encnve'l o'p,th us removing the stamp 15 and the velop through the mail, the said covering postmark 16. A stamp 17 may then be sehaving a sealing fiap arranged to fold over cured to the front 1 of the envelop. The and be secured to the back of the envelop. co letter sheet may then be folded to disclose In testimony, that I claim the foregoing through the transparentportion 4, the name as my invention, I have signed my name in ot' the sendce for the second passage of the presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of envelop through the mail. The sealing flap November 1906.

3 of the envelop may then be folded over \VILLIAM T. MORRISON. and attached to the back 2. Witnesses:

In the forms herein set forth it will be FREDR. Thymus,

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